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Tourism
Discovering
Columbus
in America
Columbus, Ohio, was founded in
1812 and named after Christopher
Columbus. The city is the capitol of
Ohio and lies next to the Scioto River.
Richly diversified in culture,
Columbus excels in performing arts,
theater, museums, entertainment,
exquisite communities and much
more.
Following is the rich fare of
attractions Columbus has to offer its
residents, visitors and tourists. These
include Landmarks and Monuments,
theatres, Museums & Art Galleries,
Parks, Shopping Complexes, Golf
Courses and other attractions.
The Ohio Statehouse
The Ohio State House is one of
America's finest examples of Greek
Revival architecture and is one of the
oldest working statehouses in the
United States. The Statehouse is filled
with priceless historic art, including a
marble bust of Abraham Lincoln the
only one the President posed for
during his lifetime. The McKinley
statue, built in 1906, is located
outside the Ohio Capitol and
commemorates former governor of
Ohio President William McKinley.
For more information logon:
www.statehouse.state.oh.us
The Santa Maria
This is world's most authentic,
m u s e u m - q u a l i t y r e p l i c a o f excellent acoustics, and state-of-the-
Christopher Columbus' flagship. The art stage facilities have made it a
Santa Maria's tours dramatize the favorite of performers and patrons
daring and determination it took for alike, and recent renovations to the
Columbus and his explorers to set out backstage and dressing rooms
on their mission. Experience the lives guarantee that the Ohio Theatre will
they led, interact with replicas of the continue its grand tradition as the
navigational tools they used, and “Official Theatre for the State of
play the games they played to pass Ohio.”
the time.
For more information logon:
For more information logon:
www.capa.com/columbus/venues/ohio_
www.santamaria.org
about.php
Capitol Theatre
Center of Science and
This state-of-the-art, 903-seat facility
History (COSI)
opened in 1989 as part of the Vern
Riffe Center for Government and the
Arts. The Capitol Theatre offers
intimate performance experiences
including presentations of comedy,
music, dance, theater, family
entertainment and cultural
programming.
Ohio Theater
The Ohio Theatre is home to The
Columbus Symphony Orchestra,
BalletMet, and The Broadway Series,
as well as more than 100 Columbus
Association for the Performing Arts
(CAPA) events each year, including
music from all genres and corners of
the world, dance, theater, comedy,
children's entertainment, and the
time-honored Summer Movie Series.
The Ohio Theatre's lush interior,
COSI is Columbus' dynamic handson
science center and was recently
named the #1 science center in the
country by Parents Magazine. COSI
features more than 300 interactive
exhibitions and over 100,000 square
feet of exhibit space and a seven-
story Extreme Screen Theater with the
largest screen in Ohio.
For more information logon:
www.cosi.org
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